Statement by Edward Nalbandian at the Conference Preventing and Countering Hate Crimes against Christians and Members of other Religious Groups - Perspectives from the OSCE and beyond

Historically being situated on the crossroads of different civilizations Armenia has cultivated deeply rooted traditions of coexistence and respect towards other cultures and religions. Being the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, Armenians stand among the foundations of the Christian civilization. We always have had very strong relations with Muslim nations and states, as wel

Foreign Minister of Armenia receives Director of OSCE/ODIHR

The Director of ODIHR highlighted Armenia's contribution to international efforts to combat xenophobia and intolerance, appreciating in this context the hosting of the conference on “Prevention and response to hate crimes against Christians and members of other religious groups”, jointly organized in Armenia by the OSCE Austrian Chairmanship and ODIHR. Ingibjörg Sólrú

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the OSCE Conference on Refugees and Migration Flows

Speaking of Armenia's experience of providing asylum to the refugees in recent years, Foreign Minister of Armenia said: "From Syria alone Armenia has harbored about 22.000 refugees, on per capita basis making our country the third largest recipient of Syrian refugees in Europe. This has caused a number of challenges for a country of just 3 million which has in the recent past already received hund

Statement by Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, at the 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Palermo

From Syria alone Armenia has harbored about 22.000 refugees, on per capita basis making our country the third largest recipient of Syrian refugees in Europe. This has caused a number of challenges for a country of just 3 million which has in the recent past already received hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from Azerbaijan.

Armenian Foreign Minister met with the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry of Austria, which chairs the OSCE, and the Director of ODIHR

On October 24, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who arrived in Palermo on a working visit, met with Michael Linhart, head of the Austrian delegation, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, which chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic In

Address By Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian At the Fourth European Armenian Convention

I would like to welcome the participants of the fourth European Armenian Convention. \r\nSpeaking in the premises of the European Parliament, first of all I would like to recall that one of the first resolutions on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide was adopted here back in 1987.\r\n

Statement by the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the general debate of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly

On September 19, President Serzh Sargsyan partook in the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in United Nations headquarters in New York. President of the Republic delivered a speech.\r\n\r\n

Foreign Minister of Armenia met the OSCE Secretary General

On May 30, in Yerevan, Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Armenia, had a meeting with Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. \r\n

Remarks and answers of Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to questions of journalists at a joint press conference with Lamberto Zannier, the OSCE Secretary General

The visit of the Secretary General takes place at a time when the Organization has to close its last office in our region since one of the OSCE participating states, Azerbaijan, by abusing its right of veto, blocked the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Yerevan Office. Baku attempted to present this within Azerbaijan-Armenia dimension, while in reality it is related to the OSCE-Azerbaijan relat

Answer of the MFA Spokesman to the question of News.am information agency

All efforts by the Austrian Chairmanship and the participating States to make Baku to act constructively and refrain from hampering the activities of the OSCE Office in Yerevan have failed.